Embattled former talk show queen Wendy Williams is not a virtual prisoner at a Manhattan assisted living facility — despite recent media reports, an attorney for her legal guardian maintains. The lawyer for Williams’ court-appointed guardian Sabrina Morrissey said in a letter to TMZ that media reports about Williams’ allegedly cloistered living conditions at the Lenox Hill facility are “untrue,

Wendy Williams was taken out of her assisted living facility and transported to a local hospital for an evaluation, a spokesperson for the NYPD told PEOPLE on Monday, March 10. This comes after she called the facility "prison" and has made public pleas for help amid her conservatorship.

On TMZ Live former talk show host Wendy Williams told how she was concerned at the prospect of being moved to a more restrictive assisted-living facility

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So much for Wendy Williams being able to come and go as she pleases and spend time with her family. The Manhattan assisted living facility Wendy Williams had been holed up in has accused the TV star’s niece of “kidnapping” her.